#8E8618#8E8618

#8E8618 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.122 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8618
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 24)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 83.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -9.13, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 55.31, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.0315 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.122 105)
XYZ	xyz(19.8462, 22.8677, 4.2325)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8618 #18208E

analogous

#8E4B18 #8E8618 #5B8E18

triadic

#8E8618 #188E86 #86188E

tetradic

#8E8618 #188E4B #18208E #8E185B

square

#8E8618 #188E4B #18208E #8E185B

split-complementary

#8E8618 #185B8E #4B188E

monochromatic

#252306 #5A550F #8E8618 #C2B721 #DFD441

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8E8618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8E8618 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8618

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8618	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.122 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a861',
    500: '#8e8618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8618;
$custom-light: #b3a861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6084,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.22867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8618

secondary

#424BC0

accent

#46EE3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8618

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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